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"Trump, 71, is 6-foot-3 and his weight is 239 pounds, which is considered overweight by the medical community and just short of obese, Jackson said. He said that he recommended that the president eat a healthier diet, exercise regularly and lose 10 to 15 pounds.

The president’s weight is 3 pounds higher than it was during the campaign in September 2016, according to a letter Trump released from his personal physician in New York, Harold N. Bornstein.

That letter reported his cholesterol levels were controlled with medication and were within the healthy range for a man his age. Jackson said that Trump’s cholesterol level is now elevated, so he is increasing Trump’s medication.

Trump’s cholesterol of 223 is elevated and his low-density lipoprotein of 143 is borderline high. Jackson said he hopes to bring down the LDL or “bad cholesterol” score with diet, exercise and statin medication."

"Trump, 71, is 6-foot-3 and his weight is 239 pounds, which is considered overweight by the medical community and just short of obese, Jackson said. He said that he recommended that the president eat a healthier diet, exercise regularly and lose 10 to 15 pounds.

The president’s weight is 3 pounds higher than it was during the campaign in September 2016, according to a letter Trump released from his personal physician in New York, Harold N. Bornstein.

That letter reported his cholesterol levels were controlled with medication and were within the healthy range for a man his age. Jackson said that Trump’s cholesterol level is now elevated, so he is increasing Trump’s medication.

Trump’s cholesterol of 223 is elevated and his low-density lipoprotein of 143 is borderline high. Jackson said he hopes to bring down the LDL or “bad cholesterol” score with diet, exercise and statin medication."

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I agree he is closer to 270 or 280 for that height and how does a doctor say he's healthy when he has a high BMI, a high cholesterol, and a borderline high lipoid number? That is not anywhere near the definition of healthy.

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I agree he is closer to 270 or 280 for that height and how does a doctor say he's healthy when he has a high BMI, a high cholesterol, and a borderline high lipoid number? That is not anywhere near the definition of healthy.

Are you seriously accusing the Doctors of lying? I can imagine how you would score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment(MoCA)

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No kidding. I am a little taller, almost 6'6" and I go between 225 and 230 lbs. I have a little bulge on my belly, I am otherwise pretty lean and I have no hips and ass. I wear 36x36 pants. and if I don't make my belt tight, may pants tend to slide down. As I am 62 years old, that isn't a very good look on me. So there is no way that Trump. at a little more than 2 inches shorter than me can only weigh a few more pounds than me. He is fucking fat, I'll bet he is much closer to 270-280 lbs.

There is no way that a guy that fat and lazy can have a resting pulse of 68 and near perfect blood pressure, I don't remember the exact number but it was 120 something over 70 something. For a male, those are fine numbers, for an old overweight male with high cholesterol, I don't believe it. The doctor claims that rump isn't on any other meds than what he reported but that doesn't mean that Trump didn't get a shot of some vasodilator to bring his BP down and a little valium to get his pulse that low. Granted he doesn't drink or smoke is good, but he is a fat lazy fuck with high cholesterol. The 220 isn't too bad, and he is on Lipitor but the LDL which is the really bad shit it way to high and the HDL which is good is low. Thats called heart disease waiting to happen. The doc said he wanted to bring the LDL down to 120 but it should be below 100. The fact that he passed the stress test and exceeded the expectations for a man his age isn't saying much. I have taken a shitload of stress tests since my late 30s and even at that age, it wasn't terribly strenuous to equal the expected rate. After all the purpose is to put some stress on the heart to see if there is any ischemia or a reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. You don't really want to induce a full fledged infarction, although that occasionally happens to people with advanced heart disease particularly. The only sure way to know what condition the arteries supplying the heart are in, short of cutting them open is to do to a heart cath. Often calcified plaques will show up on an x-ray but they don't show any narrowing of the soft tissue.

That doctor just didn't sound right. I worked with a lot of doctors and I know how they talk. He was giving a mixture of medical and layman's language and not doing it well.

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No kidding. I am a little taller, almost 6'6" and I go between 225 and 230 lbs. I have a little bulge on my belly, I am otherwise pretty lean and I have no hips and ass. I wear 36x36 pants. and if I don't make my belt tight, may pants tend to slide down. As I am 62 years old, that isn't a very good look on me. So there is no way that Trump. at a little more than 2 inches shorter than me can only weigh a few more pounds than me. He is fucking fat, I'll bet he is much closer to 270-280 lbs.

There is no way that a guy that fat and lazy can have a resting pulse of 68 and near perfect blood pressure, I don't remember the exact number but it was 120 something over 70 something. For a male, those are fine numbers, for an old overweight male with high cholesterol, I don't believe it. The doctor claims that rump isn't on any other meds than what he reported but that doesn't mean that Trump didn't get a shot of some vasodilator to bring his BP down and a little valium to get his pulse that low. Granted he doesn't drink or smoke is good, but he is a fat lazy fuck with high cholesterol. The 220 isn't too bad, and he is on Lipitor but the LDL which is the really bad shit it way to high and the HDL which is good is low. Thats called heart disease waiting to happen. The doc said he wanted to bring the LDL down to 120 but it should be below 100. The fact that he passed the stress test and exceeded the expectations for a man his age isn't saying much. I have taken a shitload of stress tests since my late 30s and even at that age, it wasn't terribly strenuous to equal the expected rate. After all the purpose is to put some stress on the heart to see if there is any ischemia or a reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. You don't really want to induce a full fledged infarction, although that occasionally happens to people with advanced heart disease particularly. The only sure way to know what condition the arteries supplying the heart are in, short of cutting them open is to do to a heart cath. Often calcified plaques will show up on an x-ray but they don't show any narrowing of the soft tissue.

That doctor just didn't sound right. I worked with a lot of doctors and I know how they talk. He was giving a mixture of medical and layman's language and not doing it well.

That's a good analysis with one exception. I wouldn't call anyone who golfs as much as Trump, fat and lazy. He may be fat, but he gets regular exercise even though he uses a cart, that does have some benefit.

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I golfed when I was young, the major amount of exercise in golfing is from walking. I have ridden in a cart a few times and it is nothing like walking 18 holes, especially on a hilly course. When I was a young teen I caddied at a local course and often would do 36 holes on one day. At Trumps age he needs aerobic exercise more than anything to keep the heart healthy. Swinging a golf club isn't going to do it. The man obviously doesn't exercise regularly.

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That's a good analysis with one exception. I wouldn't call anyone who golfs as much as Trump, fat and lazy. He may be fat, but he gets regular exercise even though he uses a cart, that does have some benefit.

There’s not much cardio involved in driving up to the ball and swinging a club, especially if you top it of with McDonald’s and chocolate cake.

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Atenolol(or other beta blockers) will crank back the heart rate and bring down the blood pressure no matter how fat you are.

Yeah it's works by lowering the heart rate which in turn lowers the BP. There are better, newer ways to do that, ACE inhibitors which relax the artery walls for example, and that particular drug isn't a terribly effective treatment for hypertension in spite of its popularity.

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Yeah it's works by lowering the heart rate which in turn lowers the BP. There are better, newer ways to do that, ACE inhibitors which relax the artery walls for example, and that particular drug isn't a terribly effective treatment for hypertension in spite of its popularity.

yep - just adding that he could've slipped a couple pills and made the tests look better.

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yep - just adding that he could've slipped a couple pills and made the tests look better.

I know that Obama picked that doctor but I am highly suspicious. He sounded too much like a cheerleader to me. It wasn't appropriate. At one point he said something about Trumps something being excellent and then a couple moments later he said they would work on proving it and then he tried to quickly cover for his mistake and said something about although it was already excellent, being even better was good too.

I don't know why people are so focused on the dementia thing. I do agree with the doctor, if Trump scored well on the test, there isn't much reason to do more testing. But actually that's good news because that means Trump either has a bona fide mental illness or that he is just the stupid racist, venal son of a bitch that he appears to be. Dementia would absolve him of some of the responsibility of the stupid shit he says.

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I am quite pleased with the reports.it seems obvious to me the man has serious health issues and he is denying their existence. My understanding of the odds of long term survival for those who deny health issues goes well with my desire to hasten hiscecitvfrom the White House.

I know that Obama picked that doctor but I am highly suspicious. He sounded too much like a cheerleader to me. It wasn't appropriate. At one point he said something about Trumps something being excellent and then a couple moments later he said they would work on proving it and then he tried to quickly cover for his mistake and said something about although it was already excellent, being even better was good too.

I don't know why people are so focused on the dementia thing. I do agree with the doctor, if Trump scored well on the test, there isn't much reason to do more testing. But actually that's good news because that means Trump either has a bona fide mental illness or that he is just the stupid racist, venal son of a bitch that he appears to be. Dementia would absolve him of some of the responsibility of the stupid shit he says.

I was prepared to cut him some slack if he was suffering from dementia or another mental health condition. Now there is absolutely no excuse for his beliefs and behaviour.